Method of converting a railcar

Details Method of converting a railcar Method of converting a railcar

B - Operations, Transporting

61

D

B61D 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2356707

The present invention relates to a method of converting box car from having a sliding door to having a plug door. In addition, the roof may be removed and the storage capacity within the box car may be increased by raising the roof of the box car and adding extensions to the sides of the box car. Moreover, the door opening may be increased by increasing the height of the roof. Further, the present invention relates to a method of creating a sealing surface around the perimeter of the door opening of the box car wherein the sealing surface is coplanar.

Méthode de conversion d'un wagon couvert doté d'une porte coulissante pour qu'il ait une porte coulissante. De plus, le toit se retire et la capacité de stockage du wagon couvert peut être augmentée en haussant le toit du wagon couvert et en ajoutant des rallonges aux parois. Par ailleurs, la baie peut être agrandie en haussant le toit. De plus, l'invention concerne une méthode pour créer une surface d'étanchéité autour de la baie du wagon couvert, la surface d'étanchéité étant coplanaire.

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